[R-pkg-devel] Suggests with non-CRAN packages

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 10/01/2024 9:35 a.m., Josiah Parry wrote:
> Thanks, all. As it goes, the package submission failed. The package that 
> is suggested is available at https://r.esri.com/bin/ 
> <https://r.esri.com/bin/> and as such provided `https://r.esri.com 
> <https://r.esri.com>` as the url in `Additional_repositories`.

I don't see a source package there, only .zip files.  Those are only 
going to work on Windows, and only on the R versions you've prepared it 
for.  If the suggested package is only on that platform, I'd suggest 
removing it from "Suggests", and just describe what it does and how to 
use it in a vignette or help page.

If you really want to keep it in Suggests, but don't want to describe 
installation in the way that was recommended to you, then take the other 
route, and put it in an "Additional_repositories" repository as I 
suggested last week -- but this time make sure to use a properly 
formatted repository, not just a web site with some binary builds.  The 
"drat" package makes building one of those really easy.

Duncan Murdoch